Israel warns against travel to Turkey due to 'Iran's possible revenge'
Photo: Sayad Khodai's funeral, Fatemeh Bahrami / AA
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Israel has issued a travel warning to its citizens about Turkey yesterday (May 30).
National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau has announced a statement about a possible revenge attack by Iran for the assassination of a Revolutionary Guards colonel, Sayad Khodai.
Iran has blamed Israel for the assassination of the colonel Hassan Sayad Khodai, who was shot to death in Tehran on May 22.
In the statement, the Israel National Security Council warned its citizens:
"There is increasing concern in the security establishment regarding Iranian efforts to attack Israeli targets around the world.
Therefore, the National Security Council and the security establishment underscore the travel warning to Turkey and reiterate that it is a country that currently has a high level of risk for Israelis," the statement said.
"According to the security establishment, the warning stems from a tangible threat to Israelis in Turkey. There is also a higher threat level in additional countries bordering Iran. Therefore, Israeli citizens should be alert and take care to show all due caution regarding travel to any of these countries."
The assassination of the colonel from Iran
Colonel Hassan Sayyad Khodai was shot five times in his car by two people on motorbikes in a street close to his home in Tehran.
The attack was the second most high-profile assassination in Iran since the assassination of top nuclear scientist Muhsin Fahrizade in November 2020.
Senior officials of Iran, especially President Ebrahim Raisi and Revolutionary Guards General Commander Major General Hossein Salami, blamed Israel for the assasination, referring to previous attacks.
Israeli media, on the other hand, announced that after the murder of the colonel, officials from Israel has sent warnings to Israel's embassies and representations around the world about a possible Iranian revenge. (SD/TB/VK)